Milking-stool



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MILKING STOOL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY MCMONAGLE, OF PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,260, dated January2,1894.

Application filed August 3, 1893. Serial No. 482.269. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY MOMONAGLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair and State ofMichigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milking-Stools,which is made and used substantially as set forth hereinafter, and asshown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview showing the stool in position for use. Fig. 2, shows the samefolded up. Fig. 3, shows a detail of bottom board.

This invention consists in providing a milking stool with a base boardhaving a pail support in front and seat in the rear, both arranged tofold down ilat One onto the other, when not in use; and in detailstherein.

The base board B has cross bars B under its ends to enable it to setsteady on rough ground, and has a series ot' standards pivoted on itssides, as shown. Four standards F, F', are arranged in a quadrangle andpivoted to the front Of the board'B below, and to a frame D, above, soas to fold down as in Fig. 2, and to rise as in Fig. 1. The frame D isarranged to t a milk pail A, and hold it in suitable position for use inmilking. The standards F have braces H, pivoted to them near the to'pwith their lower ends in slots G', in the board B, arranged so as to bestepped to hold the frame and pail from falling forward, at a pointhaving just enough overhang to prevent falling backward; and so as toallow the frame to fold backward when the pail is removed. These braceshave key braces L pivoted to the standards F to lock them from backwardmotion until they are turned out of the way. Four standards, E, E', arepiv- Otedin the rear in a like way,with braces, slots, key braces andtop frames, in a similar way by reverse arrangement, so as to hold up aseat formed of canvas or other material on a frame C, and allow it tofold down onto the front frame, when not in use. The board Bis wider inthe rear so that the standards and frame will fold down over and at thesides of the front frame for compactness.

Various modifications may be made.

I claim- 1. A milking stool having an elongated base board, and a seriesof standards, pivoted in sets on Opposite sides of said base board, nearone end thereof, and adapted to support a milk pail, and a similarseries of standards at the other end of said board, pivoted to it in asimilar way, and a seat mounted on the top ends of such second series ofstandards, both series of standards being adapted to be folded down ontosaid board so as to lie one set on the other for convenience incarrying.

' 2. A milking stool having an elongated base board and two series ofstandards pivoted to its Opposite sides one set near each end, and oneset adapted to bear a milking pail, and the Other bearing a seat, andboth sets being adapted to stand erect in use and to fold down one ontothe other when not in use, and having oblique braces pivoted to one ormore of each set Of standards and set in slots in the base board andadapted to hold the standards upright in use and to slide in the slotsto let them fold down, substantially as set forth.

TIMOTHY MCMONAGLE.

Witnesses WM. L. THOMPSON, C. T. SMITH.

